You can put the remedies in tea, coffee, soft drinks etc., and in this respect they are not like homoeopathic remedies. I would like to know if I can place the remedy drops into hot drinks without destroying their healing properties. Yes, you can put the drops into hot drinks -- water, tea, coffee etc.

There are no prohibitions regarding who can use Bach flowers. Even those suffering from chronic illnesses, the elderly, and infants can use them. In addition, Bach flowers have a wonderful effect on pets and plants.

You can put the remedies in tea, coffee, fizzy drinks etc., and in this respect they are not like homoeopathic remedies. Putting the drops into a hot drink has the advantage of evaporating the alcohol. We sometimes recommend this method to people who for one reason or another dislike the alcohol content. I have heard that if you take a remedy for too long you will experience the negative state of that remedy. This is not true.

No, we do not. Many organic grocery stores do. Check your Yellow Pages for your local organic grocery store to see if they carry them. You may also find distributors or retailers on the internet.

Absolutely. Pets suffer the same emotions as humans: fear of fireworks, anxiety about being in a car, aggression or timidity with another animal, anxiety in the vet's waiting room, etc. The drops can be placed in the drinking water. If another pet drinks from the same water no harm will be done.

No. The brandy used to preserve the remedies may be affected and may taste a little strange, but the actions of the remedies are not affected in any way.

Yes. The zeolite in liquid zeolite is unaffected by temperatures under approximately 900°F (480°C).

Flower essences and flower remedies are interchangeable names, the latter being more popular in the United Kingdom. The flower remedies made by Dr. Edward Bach in the early 1900's are known all over the world. What is not so well known is that people have continued Dr. Bach's work, discovering many more flower essences with healing properties. Dr. Bach's name is now used for a particular brand name of flower remedies.

Yes. They tend to work more easily with children and infants as they haven't had the years for blockages to become entrenched.

If the remedies are mixed into treatment bottles and taken four drops at a time in the approved way the amount of alcohol taken in is actually very small. Nevertheless, taking even a minute quantity of alcohol may have a psychological impact on someone who has decided to give up completely. If the remedies are dropped into a hot drink most of the alcohol will evaporate, and it is of course possible to administer the remedies externally by rubbing them on the pulse points.

Dr. Bach began researching the healing properties of distilled flower essences in the early 1900's. The results of his research are now known as the Bach Flower remedies. Dr. Bach believed that a healthy mind is the key to experiencing optimum health and his research focused on 38 flower essences that target 38 specific negative emotions or feelings (e.g. suspicion, fear of the unknown, poor self-image).

The Bach Flower Essences are made 100% naturally from spring water infused with wild flowers, either by the sun-steeped method or by boiling. The Essences are hand produced exclusively in England. The Essences contain 27% brandy as a preservative.

There are two methods. Twenty of the essences are prepared by the potentization method. Flowers are picked at the peak of their blossoming and put in glass containers holding distilled water for about three hours. The flowers are then discarded, and the water preserved in brandy. This is the "mother tincture" from which the Bach flower essences are prepared.

No. We don't export remedies or run a mail order service from remedies. The Bach Centre is not involved in the commercialisation or distribution of remedies.

Thre is an introductory distance learning course that is equivalent to the normal taught level 1 course.

Based upon recent experience, it is recommended that most people use no more than three Deva Flower Remedies at the same time for maximum effectiveness. Exceptions to this rule include products that are used in acute cases, like Fearfulness for panic, First-Aid Remedy for trauma, Cold Relief Remedy for a cold, etc.

If you are into herbal teas, you can substitute a mug or two of just about any herbal tea with no caffeine for one or two of the glasses of water per day, since the herbal tea is mostly plain water and may only have a few calories, or none at all. You can also drink decaffeinated tea or coffee, as long as you don't add sugar or coffee whitener.

Decaf tea and decaf coffee are served at the Rice House. The reason our staff nutritionists prefer decaf coffee and tea is that research shows that regular caffeinated coffee and tea may lead to arrhythmia (irregular heart beat). Fat, any fat, is loaded with calories. Therefore, it must be carefully consumed, especially if you are losing weight.

No. Tea, coffee and squash is freely available as are biscuits and cakes, however we do limit consumption when individuals are taking to excess. Also individuals with eating issues will be limited with their intake. We take care of all your dietary needs.If you like fizzy drinks (cola etc) you will have to purchase these yourselves.

No, the department will not fine a cosmetologist, a salon, or a school for serving coffee, tea, and other similar beverages to customers. The department has not ever and will not issue violations for cosmetology establishments that provide coffee, tea, and other similar beverages to the public. For more information regarding the preparation of coffee, tea, and other similar beverages at cosmetology establishments, please read the General Counsel’s Office Legal Opinion (19KB PDF file).

Our professionally trained staff provide complimentary tea and coffee with your function and are pleased to accommodate special dietary requests.

My cats urge you to. Veterinarians are becoming increasingly open to recommending the Essences as part of their diagnostic work. Plants, by the way, like them, too. If you transplant a plant, consider giving it Star of Bethlehem for the trauma. Well . . . You could, but I don't recommend it. What are you going to do if he has a healing crisis? I would prefer to introduce the subject of the Essences, and show by example, i.e., you take the ones you feel you need, that they work.

Dr Bach wanted his work to be kept simple so that everyone could use it. We believe the 38 remedies he found are enough when used in combination to treat every conceivable range of human emotions. Before he died he warned that attempts would be made to change his work and make it more complicated, and his assistants promised always to uphold the simplicity and purity of his methods. The same promise was made in turn by the current curators of the Centre who are proud to continue this work.

Edward Bach, a medical doctor, bacteriologist, and homoeopath, discovered the Essences in the late 1920s and early 1930s. His intention was to develop a method of healing which would treat the emotional and spiritual imbalances which lead to physical disease. He discovered the essences for this method of treatment in certain wildflowers. His method of relating particular flowers to a mental or emotional condition was intuitive.

Dr Bach made his system as simple and easy to use as possible. This was because he wanted it to be used by people from all walks of life as a way of healing themselves. When a practitioner uses the basic consultation technique for selecting remedies -- which amounts to listening to what the client has to say -- this is something that everyone can understand.